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"Numbers for Bachelor Degrees for Architecture" (Kristin Capps, Architect June 27, 2013): "Bachelor's degrees in architecture accounted for a little more than 1 percent of all bachelor's degrees back in 1981. Relative to total bachelor's degrees granted, the share of architecture degrees has steadily plummeted ever since. In 2011, the most recent year for which the database provides figures, architecture degrees accounted for just more than half of a percent of all bachelor's degrees granted."

AIA honors Sharon Sutton with 2011 Whitney Young AwardFrom AIArchitect 12/17/10: The American Institute of Architect’s Board of Directors bestowed the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award on Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, UW Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, "for her efforts to increase minority participation in the design professions and her advocacy on behalf of environmental and social justice."